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Sunday, 13 May 2007
The April Kirtan
The April kirtan featured talks by Rembert. He has been reading poetry by Northern Indian mediaeval saints, and read a selection to help us get into the mood of chanting. These saints were engaged in constant chanting and expressed their realisations through poetry. Rembert also spoke about the seeming paradox of the 'noise' of chanting, and the internal quiet and silence that it brings. Here are his talks: welcome, talk 1, talk 2, talk3.This time Meru chanted the invocation.
We sang two slightly difficult mantras during the April kirtan, and Gopal started with:
he govinda, he gopal, keshava madhava dina dayal (re) dina dayal prabhu dina dayal, dina dayal prabhu dina dayal
shyamasundara kanahyalal, girivara-dhari nanda-dulal (re) nanda-dulal prabhu nanda-dulal, nanda-dulal prabhu nanda-dulal
Rembert then chanted a special mantra for internal and external protection:
shri nrisimha, jaya nrisimha, jaya jaya nrisimha prahladesha jaya padma-mukha-padma bringa
In the end, Rasasthali started with what is called the pancha-tattva mantra, before leading us into a swinging Hare Krishna mantra chant:
sri-krishna-chaitanya prabhu nityananda shri-advaita gadadhara shrivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrinda
hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
See you next Sunday!
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